གློག་བརྙན

Tibetan edit

Etymology edit

གློག (glog, “electricity”) +‎ བརྙན (brnyan, “image, reflection”). Possibly a calque of Chinese 電影／电影 (diànyǐng, “film, literally "electricity-image"”).

Pronunciation edit

Lhasa: /loː˥˥.ȵɛ̃˥˥/

Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: loo^f-nyaen^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /loː˥˥.ȵɛ̃˥˥/

Noun edit

གློག་བརྙན • (glog brnyan)

movie, film

Derived terms edit

གློག་བརྙན་ཁང (glog brnyan khang)